Court overturns ruling reserving 30% of government jobs for independence war veterans and their relatives
Bangladesh’s top court has scrapped the quotas on government jobs that led to widespread student-led protests and violent clashes that killed more than 100 people.
According to reports in local media, on Sunday afternoon the supreme court overturned a ruling that had reintroduced quotas for all civil service jobs, meaning that 30% were reserved for veterans and relatives of those who fought in the Bangladesh war of independence in 1971.